Nancy Beller-Simms, the program manager of the NOAA Sectoral Applications Research program participated in a Senate Committee roundtable event on July 18, 2013.
The roundtable was hosted by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the Energy-Water nexus.
Committee staff members are gearing up for possible legislation in the area and the July 18 meeting was the first of a potential series of this type of discussion with both governmental and non-governmental stakeholders.
Americans’ health, security and economic wellbeing are tied to climate and weather. Every day, we see communities grappling with environmental challenges due to unusual or extreme events related to climate and weather.